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Dorie Ann Ladner (June 28, 1942 – March 11, 2024) was an American civil rights activist and social worker. Along with her sister Joyce, she was a leading community organizer in Mississippi for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s.
13 de mar. de 2024 · Dorie Ladner, who joined the civil rights movement as a teenager in Mississippi, braving gunfire, tear gas, police dogs and Ku Klux Klansmen in an undaunted campaign for racial equality, died...
15 de mar. de 2024 · Dorie Ann Ladner, a largely unsung heroine on the front lines of the 1960s civil rights movement in the South, a crusade that shamed the nation into abolishing some of the last vestiges of...
14 de mar. de 2024 · Dorie Ladner was a longtime fighter for freedom and equality in Mississippi, working with NAACP, SNCC and voter registration drives. She helped register Fannie Lou Hamer and other civil rights leaders, and faced death threats and violence for her activism.
14 de mar. de 2024 · Dorie Ladner, who joined the civil rights movement as a teenager in Mississippi, braving gunfire, tear gas, police dogs and Ku Klux Klansmen in an undaunted campaign for racial equality, died...
13 de mar. de 2024 · Dorie Ladner was a "giant in the civil rights movement" who participated in every major march from 1963 to 1968. She was mentored by Medgar Evers and Vernon Dahmer, and received the Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Award in 2014.
14 de mar. de 2024 · Updated 8:09 PM PDT, March 13, 2024. Dorie Ann Ladner, a longtime fighter for freedom and equality in her home state of Mississippi with contributions to the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and voter registration drives, has died, her family confirmed.
